I, Shithead: A Life in Punk

by Joey Keithley, Jack Rabid (Introduction)

Overview

The life and times of punk band D.O.A.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781551523095
Publisher:	Arsenal Pulp Press, Limited
Publication date:	05/01/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Joe Keithley, Canada's godfather of punk has long been an activist, including as a candidate for the Green Party, and is the founder of Sudden Death Records. He lives in Vancouver with his wife and their three children. Jack Rabid is a music producer and publisher of seminal New York music magazine Big Takeover.

Table of Contents

	Author's Note	7
	Foreword: We're All D.O.A.!	9
	Prelude	17
Chapter 1	Growing Up	19
Chapter 2	The Skulls	29
Chapter 3	D.O.A.: The Beginnings	45
Chapter 4	The Early Days	57
Chapter 5	Punk Rock Pioneering	69
Chapter 6	Something Better Change	81
Chapter 7	Harcore 81	95
Chapter 8	War on 45	109
Chapter 9	Politics, Protest, Upheaval	121
Chapter 10	1984	133
Chapter 11	Let's Wreck the Party	149
Chapter 12	The Endless Tour, Part Two	165
Chapter 13	To Hell 'n' Back	177
Chapter 14	True Strong and Free	189
Chapter 15	What the Fuck! Things Change!	197
Chapter 16	Not So Quiet on the Western Front	205
Chapter 18	Murder	213
Chapter 19	Life After Death	223
	Appendices
	D.O.A. Family Tree	233
	D.O.A. Discography	235
	Acknowledgments	239